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Genius envy : women shaping French poetic history, 1801-1900 /

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"Analyzes the reception of nineteenth-century French women poets, including Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Amable Tastu, Élisa Mercœur, Mélanie Waldor, Louise Colet, Anaïs Ségalas, Malvina Blanchecotte, Louise Ackermann, and Marie Krysinska, to recover the diversity of women's voices. Places...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Paliyenko, Adrianna M., 1956- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
French
Language Notes:Text in English, poetry selections in French.
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
French poetry > Women authors > History and criticism.
French poetry > 19th century > History and criticism.
Women poets, French > History > 19th century.
Genius.
French poetry.
French poetry > Women authors.
Women poets, French.
1800-1899
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
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Summary:"Analyzes the reception of nineteenth-century French women poets, including Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Amable Tastu, Élisa Mercœur, Mélanie Waldor, Louise Colet, Anaïs Ségalas, Malvina Blanchecotte, Louise Ackermann, and Marie Krysinska, to recover the diversity of women's voices. Places their contributions within the medical and literary debate about the sex of genius"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:x, 352 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780271077086
0271077085
0271077093
9780271077093